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Sure, you might be able to name a handful of female comedians off the top of your head, but the industry is surprisingly male dominated, especially in the writers’ room. Last year, The New York Times reported there wasn’t a single female writer on late-night TV. Backing this up is a 2009 report from the Writers Guild of America that stated that 28% of television writers just 18% of writers in the film industry are women.

Earlier this year, Jezebel blogger Irin Carmon pointed out the lack of a female presence on The Daily Show, not only in terms of women working on the show but in a stated preference for male-leaning comedy. This makes sense (as the Jezebel article points out) since The Daily Show’s audience is around 60% male, proving just how solid the dude infrastructure of comedy really is.